# Rourkela Airport (RRK / VERK)

**Rourkela Airport** (IATA: RRK, ICAO: VERK) is a medium airport in Rourkela, Odisha, India. It opened on 7 Jan 2023. It has one runway, 1,825 m (5,987 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Airports Authority of India.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/verk

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: RRK / VERK
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Airports Authority of India
- Serves: Rourkela, Odisha, India
- Opened: 7 Jan 2023
- Elevation: 201 m / 659 ft
- Coordinates: 22.2566, 84.8152
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,825 m / 5,987 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rourkela_Airport (14 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7371313
- Weather station: VERK
- Ident: VERK

## Timeline

- 7 Jan 2023: Rourkela Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 1,825 m / 5,987 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 089° / 269° |  |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [BBI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vebs.md) Biju Patnaik International Airport · India · 246 km / 153 mi · IndiaOne Air

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from RRK, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- [IndiaOne Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/indiaone-air) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,825 m / 5,987 ft | #4,746 of 29,858 | #1,209 in Asia | #139 in IN |
| Elevation | 201 m / 659 ft | =24,201 of 43,403 | =1,351 in Asia | #166 in IN |
| Age | Opened 2023 | =14,418 of 15,079 | =827 in Asia | =80 in IN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =22 in IN |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | ROURKELA TOWER | 122.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [VEBL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/in-0074.md) Barbil Tonto Airstrip · 62 km / 39 mi
- [IN-0089](https://dromopedia.com/airports/in-0089.md) Noamundi Airport · 76 km / 47 mi
- [JRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vejh.md) Jharsuguda Airport · 88 km / 54 mi
- [VEKJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vekj.md) Kendujhar Airport · 101 km / 63 mi
- [VEHK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vehk.md) Hirakud Airport · 112 km / 70 mi
- [IXR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/verc.md) Birsa Munda Airport · 129 km / 80 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Rourkela Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rourkela_Airport&oldid=1365352500), revision of 21 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/verk/data